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Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis: the Role of Endoscopy

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Poggioli, G., Di Simone, M.P., Vittori, L. (2019). Diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis: the Role of Endoscopy. In: Poggioli, G. (eds) Ulcerative Colitis. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-3977-3_4

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